DOPE Project Brochure, Sept 2010

Overdose Prevention and Survival

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HOW TO GIVE NASAL SPRAY NARCAN

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Overdose is most common when:

ACTIONS:

• Your tolerance is down due to not using—whether you took a break, were in treatment, jail or had cut down on your use.

1. Check to see if they can respond • Give them a light shake, yell their name.

Any response? Are they breathing?

• When you mix drugs, especially a few kinds of downers, like heroin, methadone, benzos/pills and alcohol or any combo of those.

• When you get stronger drugs than you’re used to.

If the supply changes or you go to a new dealer or you’re new in town.

• When you’re alone—nobody is around to help if you go out.

• When you’ve been sick, tired, run down or dehydrated—your body can’t handle the drugs as well if it is not healthy and nourished.

how to recognize an overdose: • Blue or grayish lips and fingernails • Clammy, sweaty skin

• If you can’t get a response, try a STERNUM RUB (rub your knuckles on their chest bone for about 10 seconds).

2. Call 911 • You don’t need to mention drugs on the call— stick to the basics: - GIve the address and location - Say “my friend is unconscious and I can’t wake them up” or “my friend isn’t breathing” 3. Rescue Breathing • Make sure nothing is in their mouth • Tilt head back, lift chin, pinch nose • Give a breath every five seconds 4. Give Narcan • If you have the Nasal Spray Narcan, spray half up one nostril, half up the other.

• Shallow or raspy breathing, snoring or gurgling sounds

• If you have the Injectable Narcan, inject 1cc into the muscle of the upper arm, upper thigh, or upper/outer quarter of the butt.

• Won’t wake up to yelling their name, or yelling “I’m going to Narcan you!”

• Keep rescue breathing if they haven’t started breathing on their own.

If your friend is just in a heavy nod, but is still conscious and breathing, make sure to stay with them, walk them around, keep them talking and moving. Watch their breathing.

• Give second dose of Narcan if there is no response after about 3 minutes.

Someone can slip into an overdose hours after they got high!

Have your Narcan kit around just in case, you never know when you’ll need it.

5. After Narcan • Remind the person that Narcan will wear off in about 30-45 minutes.

• Stay with them until they go to the hospital or the Narcan wears off to make sure the overdose doesn’t come back.

Preventing Overdose • Eat, sleep, drink water—keeping our bodies healthy can help reduce the risk of overdose!

• Be careful if you mix alcohol, benzos/pills, heroin or methadone—any combo of these drugs can cause your breathing and heart to stop working.

• Prepare your own drugs, know how strong your shot is and exactly what’s in it.

• Have an OD plan with the people you use with.

Empower yourself, learn how to do rescue breathing and get a Narcan kit!

• Always use with a friend or let someone know you’re getting high so they can check on you.

Keep doors unlocked so help can reach you if you’re in trouble.

• Test out a new supply to see how strong it is— inject slowly or do less to start. Talk to others who copped from the same source.

• Go slow if you’re just picking up after a period of not using, do a tester shot and have someone with you. Remember...you can always do more, but you can’t do less!